Trucker Tools

With three recent acquisitions, DAT is seeking to redefine itself through the supply chain.

DAT Freight & Analytics spoke with FreightWaves about DAT’s acquisition of Trucker Tools and how it plans to address connectivity issues, fraud and customer needs in the new year.

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As a freight broker, you are on the front lines of ensuring safe, efficient and compliant transportation of goods.

All types of cargo fraud are on the rise. Brokers, specifically, should be especially aware of two growing types of fraud: double brokering and cyberattacks.

While indications of a freight market shift are heartening for carriers, their strongest impacts will not be seen until well after the conclusion of the next bid season.

The market is still depressed, but recent layoffs and closures have fueled enough uncertainty to make some players wonder about changing market tides.

“Waterfall tracking” means that a visibility provider, like Trucker Tools, automatically assigns the best available tracking method to each individual load based on information provided when the track was created and what the company already knows about the carrier.

Criminals looking to steal high-value cargo are attracted to the vulnerabilities associated with international border crossings.

Current market conditions – combined with the climbing expenses of operating and maintaining a truck – have created a difficult situation for the small companies that keep America moving.

Not all that long ago, real-time, end-to-end visibility was considered a perk. Over the past few years, however, on-demand visibility has become a consistent expectation.

The easy-to-use program allows brokers to reward drivers directly for specific actions they complete within the Trucker Tools app.

The holiday peak season could provide carriers with the perfect opportunity to strengthen their relationships with shippers going into the new year, securing more consistent and higher-value freight as the market continues to loosen.

Even in a loose market, technological solutions aimed at optimizing freight movements remain useful.

In the upcoming quarter, Trucker Tools will home in on the broker and carrier relationship by introducing a couple of mutually beneficial tools.

Technology solutions, like the ones offered by Trucker Tools, help shippers and carriers achieve visibility and quickly book available trucks and nearby loads with the power of real-time, early and accurate data.

Trucker Tools CEO Kary Jablonski says taking advantage of technology can help owner-operators drive efficiencies in their operations.

The benefits of hands-off load matching do not end when the market takes a turn.

While consumers are directly responsible for the majority of food waste, supply chain mishaps cause 40% of food waste in North America. That includes food that spoils in transit.

Carriers can become significantly more sustainable by simply focusing on solutions that make their fleets more efficient, reducing miles driven to move each load and cutting down on emissions.